Dunlap v. George

1. Where, in consideration of the grant of a leasehold estate in realty, the lessee agrees for himself and assigns to pay a stipulated yearly rental to the lessor, and thereafter conveys and assigns his entire unexpired leasehold to a third person, the effect of the instrument is to establish a privity of estate between the assignee and the original lessor, and to authorize the latter to hold the former liable upon cove*342nants running with the land, such as the payment of the yearly rental while the leasehold estate remains vested in him. Potts-Thompson Liquor Co. v. Potts, 135 Ga. 451, 458 (69…